they mounted 25mm guns on their trucks, as SPAAA, and after the war the early JSDF had some M16 gun carriages, and M42 Duster, those can be in the Japanese SPAA branch the only thing we have to think of them needing next are tank destroyers, which would really include like the three variations of the Ho-Ni and the Type 60 in later tiers﻿

Whenever I hear about ‘self destructing HE shells’ I always have the silent hope that that means something along the lines of actual flak… like near misses explode in mid air, showering the pilot compartment and engine with high speed flak…﻿

baron the reason these tanks had armour was actually to protect it from bomb shrapnel which would easily be stopped by a simple 10mm plate, these vehicles were not designed to be in any kind of gun fight. the armour was basically there for that only purpose because engineers at the time thought it would be easy for the vehicle to shoot down ground attack aircraft before they ever managed to get a chance to shoot at them. in reality any weapon loading ap bullets was going to pen this vehicle and this thing was designed to move with tank columns so odds are anything this thing runs into would have more than enough fire power to pen and destroy this vehicle so it would really just seem illogical to put any other type of armour on an AA except shrapnel protection since its armour is just not expected to hold up to anything the tank column may meet.﻿

If I’m completely honest, I think War Thunder boats will unfortunately fall flat. It’s following the same trend that World of Warplanes did. Only in this case it’s the other way around, with War Thunder trying to make something a bit like World of Warships and dropping the ball, as opposed to World of Warplanes trying to make something like War Thunder and dropping the ball. Similarities to World of Warships are there, but not the ones that matter. Trying to keep the guns on target in WT boats is a ridiculous fiasco, your viewpoint of the boat is way too zoomed in and can’t be adjusted, and honestly – while I’m not a huge fan of using HP instead of honest to god damage modules – just trying to kill a single boat is like trying to use APCR to kill a T-35 that has no ammo to rack. 80% of the shots you take will hit nothing but hull armor and empty space. It’s a mess.

Now, I can’t know if it will change drastically or not. This is a very new thing. However, from my understanding, and through updates I’ve seen throughout the process, War Thunder tank mechanics haven’t change much since they came out. There have been a few adjustments here and there, but nothing major. War Thunder boats will need a major overhaul if it wants to have a shot at success.﻿